Mettaur (virus)

Mettaur
In-Game Information
Virus Genus:	Mettaur Family
Variants:	Mettaur, MettaurEX, Mettaur2, Mettaur2EX, Mettaur3, Mettaur3EX/MettaurΩ/MettaurSP, RareMettaur, RareMettaur2
Misc. Information
Alt. Name(s):	Mettool
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man Battle Network Mega Man Network Transmission Mega Man Battle Network 2 Mega Man Battle Network 3 Mega Man Battle Network 4 Mega Man Battle Network 5 Mega Man Battle Network 6 Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star
Other Appearances:	MegaMan NT Warrior

Mettaur (メットール, Mettōru) is a common virus type in the Mega Man Battle Network series, and the only species to have a constant appearance, while other viruses were replaced or omitted. They wear small hard hats with crosses on them and wield a pick axe, which causes a shock wave when thrust into the ground. In the games, they move up and down the columns they are in, sending shockwaves at the player. While normal Mettaurs stand still while the other Mettaurs present attack, stronger variants hide in their helmets and are impervious to attacks (unless they come out of their helmet or are attacked by an attack that can pierce). In Mega Man Battle Network 3, a family of Mettaurs can be caught and brought to the Virus Breeder, where a special Battle Chip can be obtained from them; upon meeting certain conditions, the omega version can also be caught.

Mettaur Family

A Mettaur using Shockwave

Mettaur

Mettaur: A small black ball with eyes, wearing a yellow hard hat with a green cross on it. Doesn't hide under its helmet.

MettaurEX

MettaurEX: Same as Mettaur, but with a light green hard hat and purple cross.

Mettaur2

Mettaur2: Same as Mettaur, but with a red-orange hard hat and dark blue cross.

Mettaur2EX

Mettaur2EX: Has a brown hard hat and blue cross.

Mettaur 3

Mettaur3: Has a blue hard hat and yellow cross. Their shockwaves cracks panels.

Mettaur3EX / MettaurΩ / MettaurSP

Mettaur3EX: Has a gray hard hat and light blue cross. Their shockwaves turn panels into swamp panels.

RareMettaur

RareMettaur: Has a purple hard hat and orange cross.

RareMettaur2

RareMettaur2: Has a light blue hard hat and dark blue cross.

Virus Stats by Game

Mega Man Battle Network

(Known as Mettool in the first game)

Mettool		HP:	40	Element:		Damage:	10
		Dropped:	ShokWave (C, K), MetGuard (A, G)
		Location:	Dog House, Oven, Dex's Computer, School 1/2/3/4/5, Yai's Telephone, Mayl's Piano, Internet 1/2/3/13
Mettool2		HP:	60	Element:		Damage:	40
		Dropped:	SoniWave (C, D, M), MetGuard (G)
		Location:	Dog House, Car Outside the School, Dex's Computer, Dex's Gamecube, Miyu's Vase, Traffic Light 1/2/3, Internet 3/6/13
Mettool3		HP:	100	Element:		Damage:	100
		Dropped:	DynaWave (C, M, S), MetGuard (L)
		Location:	Miyu's Vase, Traffic Light 3/4/5, Internet 5/6/7/8/13

Mega Man Network Transmission

Mettaur1		HP:	40	Element:		Damage:	10
		Dropped:	ShockWav, Guard
		Location:	Den Area, Garden Comp, Power Plant Comp, Global Area
Mettaur2		HP:	70	Element:		Damage:	30
		Dropped:	SonicWav, Guard
		Location:	Arcade Comp, Old Area
Mettaur3		HP:	100	Element:		Damage:	80
		Dropped:	DynaWave, Guard
		Location:	Strange Grav Area

Mega Man Battle Network 2

Mettaur		HP:	40	Element:		Damage:	10
		Dropped:	???
		Location:
Mettaur2		HP:	80	Element:		Damage:	40
		Dropped:	???
		Location:
Mettaur3		HP:	100	Element:		Damage:	80
		Dropped:	???
		Location:

Mega Man Battle Network 3

Mettaur		HP:	40	Element:		Damage:	10
		Dropped:	ShockWave (R, L, H), Guard
		Location:
Mettaur2		HP:	60	Element:		Damage:	40
		Dropped:	SonicWave
		Location:
Mettaur3		HP:	120	Element:		Damage:	80
		Dropped:	DynaWave
		Location:
MettaurΩ		HP:	160	Element:		Damage:	150
		Dropped:	1000 Zenny
		Location:

Mega Man Battle Network 4

Mettaur		HP:	40	Element:		Damage:	10
		Dropped:	Guard1 (L, V, A)
		Location:
MettaurEX		HP:	70	Element:		Damage:	40
		Dropped:	Guard1 (L, V, A, *)
		Location:
Mettaur2		HP:	100	Element:		Damage:	80
		Dropped:	Guard2 (G, P, C)
		Location:
Mettaur2EX		HP:	140	Element:		Damage:	120
		Dropped:	Guard2 (G, P, C, *)
		Location:
Mettaur3		HP:	180	Element:		Damage:	160
		Dropped:	Guard3 (R, T, F)
		Location:
Mettaur3EX		HP:	250	Element:		Damage:	200
		Dropped:	Guard3 (R, T, F, *)
		Location:

Mega Man Battle Network 5

Mettaur		HP:	40	Element:		Damage:	10
		Dropped:	Guard1
		Location:	ACDC Area 1/2, Doghouse Comp, TreeComp, SculptureCmp, Dad'sComp, MainComp 1/2, Liberation Mission 1, Oran Area 1
MettaurEX		HP:	70	Element:		Damage:	40
		Dropped:	Guard1
		Location:	DrillComp 1, SquirrelCmp, End Area 1, Liberation Mission 4
Mettaur2		HP:	100	Element:		Damage:	80
		Dropped:	Guard2
		Location:	Liberation Mission 7
Mettaur2EX		HP:	130	Element:		Damage:	120
		Dropped:	Guard2
		Location:	Liberation Mission 7, NebulaArea 2
Mettaur3		HP:	200	Element:		Damage:	160
		Dropped:	Guard3
		Location:	ACDC Erea
Mettaur3EX		HP:	300	Element:		Damage:	200
		Dropped:	Guard3
		Location:	NebulaArea 3, Liberation Mission 9,Under Net locations (when nebula erea 3 gate is open along with nebula erea 1's gate)

Mega Man Battle Network 6

Mettaur		HP:	40	Element:		Damage:	10
		Dropped:	Reflector 1 (A, C, P)
		Location:
Mettaur2		HP:	80	Element:		Damage:	30
		Dropped:	Reflector 2 (B, G, Y)
		Location:
Mettaur3		HP:	120	Element:		Damage:	50
		Dropped:	Reflector 3 (E, F, O)
		Location:
MettaurSP		HP:	160	Element:		Damage:	70
		Dropped:	None
		Location:
RareMettaur		HP:	120	Element:		Damage:	50
		Dropped:	Reflector 1 (*), Reflector 2 (*)
		Location:
RareMettaur2		HP:	180	Element:		Damage:	100
		Dropped:	Reflector 3 (*)
		Location:

Rockman.EXE WS

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Battle Chips

The Mettaur family has basically two types of Battle Chips, one for attack and other for counterattack.

The Battle Chips Shock Wave (ショックウェーブ, Shock Wave also written as Shockwave), Sonic Wave (ソニックウェーブ, Sonic Wave), Dyna Wave (ダイナウェーブ, Dyna Wave), are a non-elemental attack where the user swings a pick to send a shockwave forward. The shockwave can pierce some defenses, but as it moves in the ground, hole panels will stop them.

Big Wave, known as Great Wave (グレートウェーブ, Great Wave) in Japan, is a stronger version that cracks the panels it passes by. It only appears in Mega Man Battle Network 3, being obtained from Mettaur3 if MegaMan has Custom Style.

Met Guard (メットガード, Metto Gādo), also known as Guard, is a Battle Chip that repels an enemy's attack as a shockwave attack, unless attacked by the enemy's body. For example, Guard cannot block Fishy's and Powie's attacks, as they directly hit the player rather than firing a projectile. In the first game there is a Battle Chip named Buster Guard (バスターガード, Buster Guard) that allows the user to use Met Guard several times for 1 turn. In Mega Man Network Transmission, it has two variations from different enemies, the Shield Guard (シールドガード, Shield Guard) dropped by Shield Attacker and Hi-Guard (ハイガード, Hi-Guard) dropped by Sniper Joe.

Met Guard chips are replaced by the Reflector (リフレクメット, RifurekuMetto, roughly "ReflecMet" in Japan) family in the sixth game. It acts the same way, but instead of shockwaves, it releases a fast chain of explosions that aren't stopped by holes.

Mega Man Battle Network

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Rarity
023		ShokWave	Piercing ground wave	60	None	C,K,L,N,P	*
024		SoniWave	Piercing ground wave	80	None	C,D,J,M,S	**
025		DynaWave	Piercing ground wave	100	None	C,E,M,R,S	***
067		MetGuard	Hold A Btn for 3 sec defense!	-	None	A,C,E,G,L	*
107		BstrGard	1-turn of MetGuard w/ B Btn.	-	None	A	***

Mega Man Network Transmission

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Size	Rarity
041		ShockWav	Smashes blocks with pickax for a shockwav attack!	40	None	8 MB	*
042		SonicWav	Smashes blocks with pickax for a shockwav attack!	70	None
043		DynaWav	Smashes blocks with pickax for a shockwav attack!	100	None
090		Guard	Can be used to convert attacks into shockwaves	-	None	16 MB	*
091		ShldGard
092		HiGuard

Mega Man Battle Network 2

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
040		Shockwav	Shock goes through enemies	40	None	H,J,L,R,U	10 MB	*
041		Sonicwav	Shock goes through enemies	60	None	E,I,M,S,W	30 MB	**
042		Dynawave	Shock goes through enemies	90	None	G,N,Q,T,V	50 MB	***
114		Guard	Repel the enemy's attack	-	None	*	2 MB	*

Mega Man Battle Network 3

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 044		ShockWav	Shock through enemies	60	None	D,H,J,L,R	10 MB	*
Standard Chip 045		SonicWav	Shock through enemies	80	None	G,I,M,S,W	26 MB	**
Standard Chip 046		DynaWave	Shock through enemies	100	None	E,N,Q,T,V	42 MB	***
Standard Chip 047		BigWave	Shck wave cracks panels	190	None	E,J,M,P,Y	82 MB	****
Standard Chip 133		Guard	Repels enemy's attack	-	None	*	5 MB	*
Standard Chip 174		Mettaur	Summons a Mettaur to fight!	????	None	L,T	30 MB	*****

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge

ID	Battle Chip		HP	AP	MB	Element	Acc	Dodge	Priority	Attack	Description	Rarity
040		Shockwav	120	50	10	None	B	?	?	Pierce50	Pierce Guard Navichip Attack	*
041		Sonicwav	120	70	20	None	B	?	?	Pierce70	Pierce Guard Navichip Attack	**
042		Dynawave	120	130	40	None	B	?	?	Pierce130	Pierce Guard Navichip Attack	***
114		Guard	10	40	20	None	B	?	?	Reflec40	Reflect Non-Elem Attack	**

Mega Man Battle Network 4

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 103		Guard1	Repels enemy's attack	50	None	A,L,V,*	4 MB	*
Standard Chip 104		Guard2	Repels enemy's attack	80	None	C,G,P,*	10 MB	**
Standard Chip 105		Guard3	Repels enemy's attack	110	None	F,R,T,*	16 MB	***

Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation

ID	Battle Chip		Description translation	Attack	Element	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 103		Met Guard 1	By timing guard, repel an attack with a shock wave!	50	None	4 MB	*
Standard Chip 104		Met Guard 2	By timing guard, repel an attack with a shock wave!	80	None	10 MB	**
Standard Chip 105		Met Guard 3	By timing guard, repel an attack with a shock wave!	110	None	16 MB	***

Mega Man Battle Network 5

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 131		Guard1	Repels a enemy's attack	50	None	A,D,K,*	4 MB	*
Standard Chip 132		Guard2	Repels a enemy's attack	100	None	B,L,Q,*	10 MB	**
Standard Chip 133		Guard3	Repels a enemy's attack	150	None	C,M,S,*	16 MB	***

Mega Man Battle Network 6

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 091		Rflectr1	Bounce an attck back at them!	60	None	A,C,P,*	7 MB	*
Standard Chip 092		Rflectr2	Bounce an attck back at them!	120	None	B,G,Y,*	16 MB	**
Standard Chip 093		Rflectr3	Bounce an attck back at them!	200	None	E,F,O,*	25 MB	***

Rockman.EXE WS

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Advanced PET

ID	Japanese name	English name
088	Met Guard 1	Guard1
089	Met Guard 2
090	Met Guard 3

Other media

MegaMan NT Warrior

Mettaurs are a recurring virus in the anime series. A giant Mettaur appeared in the first episode of Rockman.EXE Stream and the 14th episode of Rockman.EXE Beast+. In Beyondard, Beast Mettaurs are part of Gregar's army.

MegaMan NT Warrior (manga)

A Mettaur with an arrow on his helmet leaves the Undernet to ask for help, and when GateMan.EXE takes him back, he accidentally takes MegaMan with him. MegaMan discovers that Mettaurs are under attack and helps them.

Gallery

Mettaurs

Mettaur in Dragon Poker

Mettaurs in the anime.

Beast Mettaurs in the anime.

Beast Mettaurs attacking.

Mettaurs in the manga.

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